Quote: Sam Howitt

This is what I'm working with (pics came oout like crap, not sure why) she is a bit hard headed and stuborn. Our 2 other muts are compliant and way easier to work with. The other 2 weren't formaly trained they are just ankle biters that just seem to know what we want from them. This is my first attempt at training a dog

She is cute! Which of the coonhound breeds is she? I was thinking Walker, but with her coloring, maybe English? In any event, I'm sure you did your homework ahead of time and you know that coonhounds can be described as energetic, intelligent, confident, trainable, and generally make good family dogs. Building that proper training foundation now, at a very early age, will help ensure success.

Thinking of your pup in terms of being hard-headed and stubborn will be counterproductive. Remember, she is just a baby, a baby dog who was just born four months ago. She is like a blank slate, and you and your wife get to mold the kind of dog she will turn out to be. Try to think of her in more positive terms, remind yourself of all her great qualities, do everything you can to bring them out in her, and soon you'll be telling everyone what a smart and funny and friendly pup she is.

It is common and normal to have setbacks in training, no matter what type of training you are doing. In this case, your question is about house-breaking, and it seems the setback started when something new was introduced into her environment, the snow and frigid temperatures. This is another brand-new thing in her world. Give her a chance to become accustomed to it. Take a few steps back in your house-breaking; start from scratch if need be. Go as far back as you need to to make sure she succeeds! That's how you build a strong foundation.

You say this is your first attempt at training a dog. I think you've come to a very good place to learn! Are you familiar with something called marker training? I would encourage you to peruse the site, read the puppy training articles, start to use marker training with your girl. And by all means, stick around, ask questions, post updates. We want very much to see you develop a great relationship with your dog.

I meant to add that we have many board members who have lots and lots of experience with house-training of both puppies and older adopted dogs. I'm hoping they'll see this and join in with advice and suggestions!

You say she is dancing around on three legs, is there a possibility of any rock salt outside? Than can burn the heck out of a dogs toes, and puppy toes are even more sensitive. Even if there isn't any rock salt remember that she is walking outside with bare feet, when bare feet get cold and vessels constrict again, it hurts like hell. I would suggest getting her some boots, to protect her feet, even those cheap latex ones would be better than nothing. Just think if you were going to use a bathroom and knew your feet where going to hurt, at some point you'd stop using that bathroom.
What are you using to clean the indoor wet spots with? Anything with ammonia will reintroduce the urine odor and can be confusing to a young pup, remember they think "if it smells like pee, its ok to pee there" An odor neutralizer or even plain white vinegar will remove the urine odor. (White vinegar is awesome).
How long do you keep her out when she does pee? I've discovered that with my female, even if she squats right away, she sometimes has a little more and will squat again a few minutes later, sometimes a walk even if short will help get all the pee out as opposed to just bringing her to one area and letting her go. In my experience most large dog breeds are want to be clean.
Lastly, a stubborn and hardheaded description is a set-up for failure and not fair to the pup. If you think of her as stubborn and hardheaded, down the road it will easily become an excuse for failure, just by thinking "well, I can't teach her that, she's too stubborn and hardheaded to get it". Dogs, any breed, need to be motivated with currency that works for them, what motivates a yorkie, will probably not motivate a gsd, what motivates a gsd may not work for a hound. Are you famillar with hounds? If not I would also suggest getting a book or going online and learning how hounds think and react, it can only help.
As someone said marker training is a wonderful tool. Remember you're pup is the equivalent of a toddler being toilet trained, they have accidents too. Oh, and one last thing, if the pup has an accident in the house don't react to it, react to the successful housebreaking outside as something to be worthy of high praise.
Good luck with your little one.

I've been taking her out every hour and keeping her out longer and this has been working so far today. She seems to be toughening up to the snow, we have been playing in it a little each time we go out, trying to keep it fun for her instead of an unpleasurable experience.
I guess stuborn was a bad choice of words, she has a strong prey drive, incredibly strong food drive. She has learned sit quickly, we are working on stay. She does good in the house on the leash but as soon as we go outside her nose hits the ground. She'll stay on my left and heel most times without correction but her nose is glued to the ground.
I have been using marker training and food. She doesn't always get a treat but I think the chance she may get a treat is motivating her.

 Quote: Cheri Grissom

She is cute! Which of the coonhound breeds is she? I was thinking Walker, but with her coloring, maybe English?

Her sire is pure blue tick, dame is half english half redbone. Tose pics don't do her justice, she has faint blue ticking in there too. She has 10 other litter mates, that was a big cuddle puddle of pups!

You don't want to be playing with her when you go out for house breaking. That will take her mind off what she should be doing.
It wont take her long to realize why she's out thee and that gets her back inside.
For house breaking don't worry about the nose on the ground. She's a hound. That's what they do. She's also probably looking for a spot to go and playing with her will disrupt that also.
Ditto on Jodi's comment. Just because you get a quick squat doesn't mean she's finished.

I second the tethering in the house suggestion. Any time she's not in the crate, she's on a leash tied to some human's belt.

When you are outside with her to do her business, EVERY time she pees, stand there and repeat what will become your "command" word (I use the phrase "hurry up.")

So while the urine is flowing, you're chanting "hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up" until the pee stops. Then throw a party! Huge effusive praise and treats as though that pee was the most amazing feat ever and you are DELIGHTED at her for making that pee.

Then you can play a little if you want to before going back inside.

Eventually, the command word you've been chanting will become a real command---you can go out with her and say "hurry up" and she will produce pee on the spot. In a couple of months, you'll be able to just open the door to let her out and say "hurry up" from the comfort of your kitchen and she'll know what to do.

But you've got to make those connections right now--both with the word, and the over-praising for peeing outdoors. Any pee inside the house is ignored. Because that's your fault.